Boulia

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 230 people in Boulia of these 53.9% were male and 46.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 53.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Boulia was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Boulia aged 15 years and over, 27.6% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Boulia was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Boulia, of people aged 15 years and over, 25.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 28.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Boulia was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Boulia 22.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.2% were in primary school, 5.9% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Boulia were Australian 51.7%, English 20.2%, Australian Aboriginal 5.3%, Scottish 3.8% and Irish 3.0%.

In Boulia, 89.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.7% and New Zealand 1.7%.

In Boulia, 91.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Boulia were Catholic 45.7%, No Religion 17.8%, Anglican 12.6%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Boulia 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 108 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Boulia. Of these 65.7% were employed full time, 11.1% were employed part-time and 11.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Boulia, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 0.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Boulia was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 56 years.

The most common occupations in Boulia included Machinery Operators And Drivers 24.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Labourers 12.4%, Managers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.2% and Professionals 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Boulia, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 32.0%, School Education 11.3%, Road Freight Transport 7.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 6.2% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Boulia was $581.

In Boulia, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Walked only 39.2%, Car, as driver 33.0%, Truck 6.2% and Car, as passenger 3.1%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 34.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Boulia, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.2% provided care for children and 8.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.2% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Boulia, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Boulia, 41.4% were couple families with children, 34.5% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Boulia 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Boulia, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,083 and those without children was $2,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Boulia, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 19.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Boulia, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boulia, 85.5% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Boulia, of occupied private dwellings 5.9% had 1 bedroom, 24.7% had 2 bedrooms and 49.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Boulia, 24.7% were owned outright, 3.5% were owned with a mortgage and 68.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Boulia, of all households, 65.1% were family households, 34.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Boulia, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Boulia, 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Boulia, there were 121 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 59 (or 48.8%) were male and 62 (or 51.2%) were female. The median age was 32 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Boulia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In Boulia, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $520.